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Remaining vigilant with regard to your company's virus software helps to ensure your important business files are protected from malicious threats. When Avira detects virus- or malware-infected files, it automatically transfers them to its protected Quarantine directory. Files transferred to this location are then managed via Avira's Quarantine management panel, which enables you to rescan affected items and send them to Avira for further scrutiny. You can also use the Quarantine management panel delete affected files entirely or, if you're sure the files are clean, restore them.

1. Launch the Avira Control Center application, select "Administration," and then click "Quarantine" to open the Quarantine management panel.

2. Scroll through the list of quarantined files and click the file you want to delete or restore.

3. Click the button corresponding to the action you want to apply to the quarantined file. If you want to get rid of the quarantined file, click the "Delete" button. If you want to restore the quarantined file, click either the "Restore" or the "Restore To" button. The Restore button moves the file back to its original location on your computer. The Restore To button displays a Save As dialog prompting you to select the location where you want to save the restored file.

4. Click "Apply" to confirm that you want to delete or restore your file. If you're restoring a file, you may be prompted to enter your administrative password to confirm that you have the authority to restore the file.

Warning

Information in this article applies to Avira Professional Security for Windows computers and Avira Mac Security for Macs. It may vary slightly or significantly with other versions or products.

About the Author

Andrew Tennyson has been writing about culture, technology, health and a variety of other subjects since 2003. He has been published in The Gazette, DTR and ZCom. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master of Fine Arts in writing.